Forensic Psychology in Germany Witnessing Crime, 1880-1939 /

• Main Author: Wolffram, Heather (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Forensic psychology.; Psychology.; Criminology.; Forensic Psychology.; History of Psychology.; Law and Psychology.; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.

This book examines the emergence and early development of forensic psychology in Germany from the late nineteenth century until the outbreak of the Second World War, highlighting the field's interdisciplinary beginnings and contested evolution. Initially envisaged as a psychology of all those i...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Witnessing Crime
• 2. The Birth Of Forensic Psychology - The Berchtold Trial
• 3. Establishing the Psychology of Testimony
• 4. Forensic Psychology Beyond the Witness
• 5. Expertise Contested
• 6. Forensic Psychology in the Courtroom - The Frenzel Trial
• 7. Forensic Psychology under the Swastika
• 8. Conclusion: Forensic Psychology on the Eve of the War.